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Weekly Review 05/03/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Mar 06, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 5th March 2016 W Cutler Cup, 500yards
Gordon Shepherd put in a brilliant performance on Saturday with a near perfect 99.11/100, spoiling his double possible with a 3 o’clock pimple on his last shot of the first stage. He later claimed that he had the best shooting conditions that he has encountered for many years.
Whilst this may be so others found the light breeze and turbulent mirage a lot less than perfect with the directional flags at odds with the mirage and what little breeze there was rapidly puffing up and down, and at times developing into mini willy-willies.
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Weekly Review 27/02/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Feb 28, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 27th February 2016 W Cutler Cup, Championship and QVM, 300yards
Shooters saw the Bathurst Rifle Range from a different perspective on Saturday as a predominantly easterly breeze filtered through the stand of trees on the left of the range and developed into a forward fishtail with a mirage which swapped sides throughout the day.
Although conditions changed there were not the large variations experienced in recent weeks leading to some very good performances across the afternoon. The order of merit was restored with Australian Team member Nick Cock, warming up for the imminent Tasmanian State Championships, the best on the day. A 50.06 first stage possible overwhelmed most of his competitors apart from Steve Williams who scored a 49.03.
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Weekly Review 13-20/02/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Feb 21, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc The J Wilde Memorial and K Redding 8/900 yard Trophies 800yards 13th February 2016
800yards13th February 2016
The longer ranges at the Bathurst Rifle Range over the summer months become quite problematic as the hot weather produces some of the most difficult shooting conditions with fishtail breezes, strong mirages and oppressive heat.
Whilst not at their worst, conditions on the 800 yard mound were nonetheless quite tricky. Competitors had to contend with a mirage which swapped sides and changed intensity in concert with the fickle breeze. Most shooters coped fairly well and there were some good steady performances, the best of them being Gordon Shepherd’s pair of 49’s with 9 centre bulls eyes, which won him the days Cock of the Walk. Graeme Bright challenged but fell short at the final hurdle whilst Nick Cock was behind the eight ball after an indifferent 47.05 first stage.
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Weekly Review 30/01/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Feb 01, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 30th January 2016 J Wilde Memorial Trophy, 700yards
A savage thunderstorm swept across the range after just two shooters had completed their first stages and it looked likely that the days shooting was at an end. However the weather cleared and moderated significantly such that the days’ competition was completed without further interruption. A rear fishtail breeze followed the storm and conditions remained quite tricky for the remainder of the day with uneven light becoming a factor as the day wore on.
The first stage divided into three separate groups, all shooters following their grading. In A grade Nick Cock and Steve Williams dropped two points for 48’s and Graeme Bright and Gordon Shepherd lost a further point each for 47’s.
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Weekly Review 23/01/2016
Posted in Weekly Roundup on Jan 25, 2016
Bathurst Rifle Club Inc 23rd January 2016 R. L. Gilmour Esq. Cup, 600yards
The Bathurst Rifle Club has again produced the winner of a major competition with reigning F-class Club Champion Jeff Eppleston winning the Metropolitan District Rifle Association (MDRA) Festival of Sydney (FOS) shoot at the Anzac Rifle Range at the weekend.
Competitors had to withstand high winds and driving rain on the Saturday, and troubles with the electronic target systems all weekend. Eppleston, whilst not affected with target malfunctions to the same extent as others, had to dig deep to win the final two 800 metre ranges to achieve his success. Due to the weather and target problems, two ranges and the final 5 shootout were cancelled, leaving Eppleston one point clear of his nearest competitor.
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